Pain and self-reported swollen joints are main drivers of patient-reported flares in rheumatoid arthritis. Results from a 12-months' observational study.

CONCLUSION: In RA, self-reported flares were frequent, mainly managed by analgesics, substantiated by higher disease activity measures, independently associated with pain and patient-reported swollen joints, and related to treatment escalation. PMID: 31787604 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31787604?dopt=Abstract

Source: Journal of Rheumatology - December 4, 2019 Category: Rheumatology Tags: J Rheumatol Source Type: research